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After meeting with the Rays to "check some legal boxes" on the site, Mayor Ken Welch signaled a new willingness to discuss a five- or 10-year extension of the team's lease – under the right conditions.
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Dent rose from caddying at Augusta National and the Masters to becoming a successful pro and prodigious hitter. He helped pave the way for African Americans who once were denied access to golf clubs.
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Sara Parker, a USF student and former representative for Special Olympics who petitioned Congress, says she wants to advocate for people with autism.
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The Clearwater resident and pro wrestling icon is helping to launch Real American Freestyle wrestling, which will mix the glitz of "sports entertainment" with men’s and women’s matches.
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The University of South Florida Board of Trustees approved spending $348.5 million for the stadium, with plans to expand it in size and possibly go beyond offering just college football.
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The school will ask the high court to overturn a decision last year by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that sided with the FHSAA over a prayer on a stadium loudspeaker before a football game.
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Both teams scored goals 11 seconds apart in yet another chippy, physical game. Tampa Bay did it first to take a second-period lead, but Florida stunned the Bolts in the final four minutes to win Game 4.
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The findings have remained hidden from the public, including the descendants of the interred, amid evolving plans to redevelop the area for a fourth time.
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After selecting Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka in the first round, the Bucs worked to bolster their pass rush and secondary while signing massive Gators defensive tackle Desmond Watson — of Plant City — as an undrafted free agent.
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While alcohol and other substances can play a role, it's not the main contributing factor for fandom behavior, according to a psychology professor. When people are caught up in a crowd, it is easy to make decisions that you would not typically make, he said, largely because of mob mentality.
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Tampa Bay’s offense finally came alive, with goals from Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Nick Paul, Luke Glendening and Anthony Cirelli. The Lightning will try to even things up in Game 4 on Monday at Sunrise.
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The group says it has a received letters of intent from investors totaling $1.5 billion — along with funds for a new domed stadium — as the future of the Tampa Bay Rays remains uncertain.
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Tampa Bay was thought to be leaning toward selecting a player to bolster its defense, but with Mike Evans about to turn 32 and Chris Godwin coming off ankle surgery, Egbuka was an easy choice.
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The Lightning kept it close throughout, but Florida takes the home-ice advantage away from Tampa as their first-round NHL series head south to Sunrise for Games 3 and 4.